“Rotten”: Trump Lashes Out at Female Reporter Over 2020 Election Lies
China, one of the largest importers of Iranian oil, appears to be taking most of the oil. And almost all maritime traffic passing through the strait is “Iran or China linked,” said Christopher Long, head of intelligence at British maritime security firm Neptune P2P Group. Newspaper.
Trump claimed it was safe for ships to pass through the strait and tried to intimidate oil companies into defying Iran, to no avail. He did not follow through on his offer to use the U.S. Navy to escort the ships, and even if he had, there are now more ships detained than the Navy can handle. And now Iran has reportedly begun laying mines in the strait, further complicating naval traffic.
“If, for whatever reason, mines are placed and they are not removed immediately, the military consequences for Iran will be on a level never seen before. If, on the other hand, they remove what may have been placed, it will be a giant step in the right direction!” Trump posted angrily on Truth Social Tuesday. On Wednesday, the US Central Command announced that it had destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying ships.
